T5 & Micro Cash Combo Set (1 Viewer)

[BSteck]

So as part of another thread, @BGinGA said:

One of the most innovative solutions I've seen uses 5, 25, 100, 500, and 2000 denominations. They double as tournament chips (T5 through T2000) and as cash chips (5c through $20.00).

So rather than hijack that thread, I thought I'd put my calculations here for corrections and comments. This would be very much for recreational F&F use and so I understand the concerns and assume the risks of mixing a tourney and cash set.


For the T5 tournament side:
Starting blinds of 5/10
Starting stacks 200BB=T2000
10 x T5
10 x T25
7 x T100
2 x T500

So absolute minimum tourney set for single-table 10 would be:
100 x T5
100 x T25
75 x T100
25 x T500
5 x T2000
305 total chips

Or for a two-table 16 the set would be:
160 x T5
160 x T25
120 x T100
40 x T500
10 x T2000
490 total chips



For the micro cash side:
Blinds of 5c/10c
Buy-in 100BB=$10.00 or 200BB=$20.00
10 x 5c
14 x 25c
6 x $1
(2 x $5 for 200BB)

I'm a little fuzzier on what type of cash set this translates to. For the cash game, I'd expect 1 table of 8-10 players. So assuming that half the players will rebuy once that gives minimum bank needed of (10*$20+5*$20) $300.

So the cash set (rounding'ish to sleeves instead of barrels) might look like:
100 x 5c
150 x 25c
150 x $1
25 x $5
5 x $20
430 total chips
$417.50 total bank


For the T5/Micro Cash Combo Set
Smushing the cash and tourney sets together into one combo set gives:

For cash + 10 person tourney
100 x 5
150 x 25
150 x 100
25 x 500
5 x 2000
430 total chips

For cash + 16 person tourney
160 x 5
160 x 25
150 x 100
40 x 500
10 x 2000
520 total chips


How'd I do? Any changes, suggestions, corrections?

 

[guyfleegman]

Here is what I am currently working on. I just need a rack of Empress Primary $100’s and I am ready...
One rack each of
T5-25-100-500
For tourney we get t4000=200 BB.
Starting stacks of:
10-10-7-6
Blinds start at 10/20 instead of 5/10 so we avoid the 100% increase at level two. Also gives us the option of “deepstack” 400 big blinds by starting at the afore mentioned 5/10. Color ups are easy: 5X100 and 5X500
5 rebuys:
5X100=25 chips and 7X500=35 chips
This equals exactly 100 of each chip.
We will rarely get to the point of needing T2k chips or even T1k.

Regarding the micro cash setup.

Up to 10 players is easy with a bank of $630.
First five players get a barrel of 5-25-100 for $26 buyin. For sticklers.. steal back a 100 chip from each player to make it an even $25 Rebuys for extra players are simply 5X $5 for $25. Get change at the table. You can move this around easily so I think a barrel each of the fracs is plenty. Often you will be using the quarters and not the nickels anyway.

Cleary, you can be much more efficient by getting a barrel of $20’s to act as T2K or $20 chips. That adds an additional $300 bank and adds a few more rebuys as well.

Now somebody sell me a rack of Empress Primary $100’s!!!!!

Cheers,
Joe

P.S. hopefully some people add to this thread to share insight. Many people on PCF have poo-pooed T5’s. I think they are great as they allow for starting stacks of 10-10-X rather than 8-8-X or 12-12-X..... What can I say, I like complete racks.